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Songs We Love: Great Grandpa, 'Teen Challenge'

The debut single from the Seattle grunge-pop band doesn't ignore the gracelessness of youth. It embraces it.
Great Grandpa's new album, <em>Plastic Cough</em>, comes out July 7.

It's not unusual for art to pull from adolescent experience, an infatuation with innocence. The danger, of course, is that hindsight is 20/20, and teenage experiences are much less awkward in retrospect. With, the Seattle indie-rock band Great Grandpa doesn't ignore the gracelessness of youth. It embraces it.

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